¹[Ny nankahalan'ny rahalahin'i Josefa azy, sy ny nivarotany azy ho andevo] Ary Jakoba nonina tany amin'ny tany fivahinian'ny rainy, dia tany amin'ny tany Kanana.

¹Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.

²Ary izao no tantaran'i Jakoba: Rehefa fito ambin'ny folo taona Josefa, dia niara-niandry ondry tamin'ny rahalahiny izy (fa mbola zaza izy), dia tamin'ny zanak'i Bila sy ny zanak'i Zilpa, vadin'i Jakoba rainy; ary Josefa nitati-bolana tamin-drainy.

²This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

³Ary tian'Isiraely mihoatra noho ny zanany rehetra Josefa, satria zanaky ny fahanterany izy, ka nanaovany akanjo lava.

³Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

⁴Ary nony hitan'ny rahalahiny fa Josefa no tian'ny rainy mihoatra noho izy mirahalahy avy, dia nankahala azy izy ka tsy nahazaka hanao teny tsara taminy.

⁴His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

⁵Ary nanonofy Josefa, ka nambarany tamin'ireo rahalahiny; dia vao mainka nankahalany azy izany.

⁵Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

⁶Fa efa nilaza taminy hoe izy: Mba henoy kely ange izao nofy izao:

⁶He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

⁷Indro, namehy amboara tany an-tsaha isika, ary, indro, niarina ny amboarako sady nijoro; ary, indreo, nilahatra manodidina kosa ny amboaranareo ka niankohoka teo anatrehan'ny amboarako.

⁷for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”

⁸Ary hoy ny rahalahiny taminy: Moa hanjaka aminay tokoa va ianao? na hanapaka anay tokoa va ianao? Ary izany nofiny sy teniny izany dia vao mainka nankahalany azy.

⁸His brothers said to him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

⁹Ary nanonofy indray izy ka nolazainy tamin'ny rahalahiny; dia hoy izy: Indro, nanonofy indray aho; ary, indreo, ny masoandro sy ny volana ary ny kintana iraika ambin'ny folo niankohoka teo anatrehako.

⁹He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

¹⁰Ary nambarany tamin'ny rainy sy ireo rahalahiny koa izany; dia niteny mafy azy ny rainy ka nanao taminy hoe: Manao ahoana izany nofy efa nonofisinao izany? Moa ho avy tokoa va aho sy ny reninao ary ny rahalahinao ka hiankohoka amin'ny tany eo anatrehanao?

¹⁰He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?”

¹¹Dia nialona azy ny rahalahiny; fa ny rainy kosa nitadidy izany zavatra izany.

¹¹His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

¹²Ary lasa ny rahalahiny niandry ny ondrin'ny rainy tany Sekema.

¹²His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

¹³Ary hoy Isiraely tamin'i Josefa: Tsy miandry ondry any Sekema va ny rahalahinao? Avia mba hirahiko hankany aminy ianao. Ary hoy izy taminy : Inty Aho.

¹³Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

¹⁴Ary hoy ny rainy taminy: Masìna ianao, andeha, izahao na tsara ihany ny rahalahinao sy ny ondry aman'osy, na manao ahoana; ka miverena hilaza amiko. Dia nirahiny hiala avy teo amin'ny lohasahan'i Hebrona izy, dia nankany Sekema.

¹⁴He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

¹⁵Ary nisy lehilahy nahita azy, fa, indro, nirenireny tany an-tsaha izy; dia nanontany azy ralehilahy ka nanao hoe: Inona moa notadiavinao?

¹⁵A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

¹⁶Dia hoy kosa izy: Ny rahalahiko no tadiaviko; koa masìna ianao, mba lazao amiko izay iandrasany ondry.

¹⁶He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”

¹⁷Ary hoy ralehilahy: Efa nifindra niala teto izy: fa efa reko izy niresaka hoe: Andeha isika hankany Dotana. Dia lasa Josefa nanaraka ny rahalahiny ka nahita azy tany Dotana.

¹⁷The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

¹⁸Ary nahatazana azy eny lavidavitra eny ny rahalahiny; koa raha tsy mbola nanakaiky azy Josefa, dia niray tetika hamono azy izy.

¹⁸They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

¹⁹Dia niresaka hoe izy: Indro, tamy ilay mpanonofy.

¹⁹They said one to another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.

²⁰Koa ankehitriny, andeha hovonointsika izy ka hatsipintsika ao anatin'ny anankiray amin'ireto lavaka ireto; ary dia aoka holazaintsika hoe: Efa lanin'ny biby masiaka izy; dia ho hitantsika amin'izany na hanao ahoana ny nofiny.

²⁰Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”

²¹Ary Robena nandre izany, dia namonjy azy tamin'ny tànany ka nanao hoe: Aza dia mamono ny ainy isika.

²¹Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

²²Ary hoy koa Robena taminy: Aoka tsy handatsa-drà ianareo; atsipazo ao anatin'io lavaka etỳ an-efitra io izy, fa aza misy maninji-tanana aminy ianareo, mba hamonjeny azy amin'ny tanan'ny rahalahiny hitondrany azy any amin'ny rainy indray.

²²Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

²³Ary rehefa tonga teo amin'ny rahalahiny Josefa, dia nendahany ny akanjony, dia ilay akanjo lava teny aminy;

²³It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

²⁴dia nobetainy izy ka natsipiny tao an-davaka; ary maina ny lavaka tamin'izay, fa tsy nisy rano tao.

²⁴and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

²⁵Ary nipetraka nihinan-kanina izy ireo, ary sendra nanopy ny masony ka nahatazana fa, indreo, nisy Isimaelita niara-dia, avy tany Gileada, ary ny ramevany nitondra ditin-kazo, dia nekota sy balsama ary lota, izay nentiny hidina any Egypta.

²⁵They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

²⁶Ary hoy Joda tamin'ny rahalahiny: Inona no soa ho azontsika, raha hamono ny rahalahintsika sy hanafina ny ràny isika?

²⁶Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

²⁷Andeha hamidintsika amin'ireo Isimaelita ireo izy, ary aoka tsy haninona azy ny tanantsika; fa rahalahintsika sy nofontsika ihany izy. Dia nanaiky ny rahalahiny.

²⁷Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

²⁸Ary raha nandalo teo ny Midianita mpandranto, dia nakarin'ny rahalahiny niala tao an-davaka Josefa ka namidiny sekely volafotsy roa-polo tamin'ny Isimaelita; ary dia nitondra an'i Josefa ho any Egypta ireo.

²⁸Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

²⁹Dia niverina nankeo amin'ny lavaka Robena, ka, indro, tsy tao an-davaka intsony Josefa; dia nandriatra ny fitafiany izy.

²⁹Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

³⁰Dia niverina nankeo amin'ny rahalahiny izy ka nanao hoe: Tsy ao ny zaza, ary izaho, aiza no halehako?

³⁰He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

³¹Ary nalain'ireo rahalahiny ilay akanjon'i Josefa, dia namono zanak'osy izy, ka natsobony tamin'ny rà ny akanjo.

³¹They took Joseph’s coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

³²Dia nampanateriny ho any amin'ny rainy ilay akanjo, sady hoy no filazany azy: Ity no efa hitanay; koa fantaro na akanjon'ny zanakao ity, na tsia?

³²They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son’s coat or not.”

³³Dia fantany, ka hoy izy: Akanjon'ny zanako io: efa lanin'ny biby masiaka izy; voaviravira tokoa Josefa.

³³He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”

³⁴Ary Jakoba dia nandriatra ny fitafiany ka nisikina lamba fisaonana tamin'ny valahany; ary nisaona ny zanany andro maro.

³⁴Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

³⁵Dia avy ny zananilahy rehetra sy ny zananivavy rehetra mba hampionona azy, fa tsy nety nampiononina izy, fa hoy izy; Tsia, fa hidina misaona ho any amin'ny zanako any amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita aho. Ary dia mbola nitomany azy ny rainy.Ary ny Midianita nivarotra an'i Josefa tany Egypta tamin'i Potifara, tandapan'i Farao sady mpifehy ny mpiambina.

³⁵All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.

³⁶Ary ny Midianita nivarotra an'i Josefa tany Egypta tamin'i Potifara, tandapan'i Farao sady mpifehy ny mpiambina.

³⁶The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.